This page intends to provide us with enough elements to evaluate whether is convenient to install a server (or several servers) in a co-location in Mexico City. The initial general goals are:[[BR]] 1. to address the need to increase MFPL backup capabilities,[[BR]] 1. to have part of our infrastructure located in a different set of legal conditions, those ruling telecommunications in México, which will eventually bring progressive mexican lawyer(s) close to our work to back us up,[[BR]] 1. to give a concrete initiative for the local support team to engage in MFPL development and to start collaborate locally,[[BR]] 1. to create conditions to share sysadmin skills in a process what will benefit mexican counterparts by providing us guidance and the experience and background from the US tech-team,[[BR]] 1. to share responsibilities with local techies in the maintenance and development of MFPL infrastructure. Three aspects of this proposal are: * Co-location costs (budget).[[BR]] * Criteria:[[BR]] * Pricing in Mbits/second, not in GB/TB total transfer per month. We should aim for about 5 Mbit/second. * Start with 2U (we will need at least two machines connected via serial cables to allow remote restart with passphrase). * 24/7 access to the facility without needing advance notice * Option to expand * Providers:[[BR]] * [http://www.metrored.com/ Metro Red] * Server (and rack) prices (budget)[[BR]] * Criteria:[[BR]] * Hot-swap disk drives: disk drives are the most common hardware replacement item * Purchase Hard disks separately. Dell hard disks are significantly more expensive then comparable disks bought elsewhere. * Options * A recent server installation experience in the Heirich Boell Found give us a sense of what are the prices of a Dell PowerEdge R310 server, bought and delivered in México City. [https://support.mayfirst.org/attachment/wiki/projects/server-colocation-mexico/HardwareInventory_9JMFZV1_20121226T121130.xml Specifications as reported by the BIOS attached here]. [https://support.mayfirst.org/attachment/wiki/projects/server-colocation-mexico/PowerEdgeR310.pdf The cost offered by Dell] without the Embedded Management Card:iDRAC6 Enterprise was close to MXN $61,000 (USD $4,690 by Dec 26th) * Local organizing of the mexican support team. People interested in joining: Jesús Franco (individual MFPL member), Iván Carrasco (member through Comité Cerezo), Enrique Rosas (MFPL co-director)